Are You Out Of Your Mind?

It seems like less and less people are getting along these days.

Players have different ideas on how to approach a game than their coaches; politicians can rarely agree on issues; family members can’t reunite due to lifestyle differences. Sadly, this even happens within the Lord’s church!

Paul implored Euodia and Syntyche to “be of the same mind in the Lord (Philippians 4:2).” One can only wonder what they were divided over, but one does know that Paul begged them to reconcile.

As Christians, we may have our differences; however, we are all members of the same body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12). What if we all looked out for ourselves? We would be divided, not united. This is not what Jesus prayed for (John 17:21), nor what Paul pleaded for (1 Corinthians 1:10).

We can be of the same mind toward one another when we put away our own minds. “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5).” If we think more like Christ and less like ourselves, we can get along!

If you are Euodia, who is your Syntyche? Get out of your own mind, and put on the mind of Christ!